, 1887-02-08
THE RAILROAD HORROR.
Searching for the Remains of
the Victims.
Strikes aud Lockouts in the
East.
The Yellowstone Park--A Nor
mon Victory.
The Victims OF the Vermont Rail
road Accident.

The Victims OF the Vermont Rail
road Accident.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Feb. -
The civil authorities OF Hartford, Vt,
have now assumed charge of the remains
of the victims and their personal effects
50 far as found. 1t is now learned that
Mrs. William Demo. of Winooski, Vt,
was lost. One Of the board of selectmem
of Hartford says in his opinion the bodies
Of forty six persons killed have thus far
been taken from the wreck. although this
is not by actual count. Isaac Gates, rn-
dertaker. says thirty-two bodies have been
brought TO his care, seven of which have
been identified and removed, and perhaps
five more are susceptible OF Identification.
The chief of the engineering department
of Dartmouth college, who has made a
close examination of the track leading to
the bridge, says there were three rails
torn up at the point where the car Pill
grim probably left the track. These rails
all SOW signs of defects in material and
in construction. Prof. Fletcher thinks
the axle on the car Pilgrim broke, caus-
ing its derailment, and that hat was the
only ear which left the track until the
bridge was reached.
Probably s. 900 persons visited the scene
of the railway accident to day. Only
trains run were for the accommodation of
officials and for carrying the wounded and
dead, consequently all manner of con
veyances We're brought into requisition.
many teams coming from 4 distance OF
forty and fifty miles and centering here in
long procession. Seven or eight bodies
were to-day identified by friends and many
heartrending scene were witnessed. 1t is
utterly impossible to identify more than
ten or twelve out of those recovered, the
clothing being entirely gone and the bod
les burned to a crisp. Conductor Sturte-
amt died to-day and his body was taken
to his home by special train. Mr..
Tewksbury, OF Randolph, whose leg and
arm were broken, was taken home last
night by special train, and he is reported
as doing well.
The work of recovering the wreckage
and bodies has been pushed vigorously all
day. The ruins have been infinitely
searched and probably all recovered, that
can be, from the wreck of the cars which
have been pulled up over and have been
cleared away. The total number of bodies
recovered to-day is five, one woman and
four men. Drs. Grinnell and Bingham,
of Burlington, have to-day thoroughly
examined the charred remains OF the vic
Tins thus far recovered. for the purpose
of aseertaining the number. They report
it to be twenty-seven to this morning,
with five found to-day, makes
recovered thus far. This state
ment is verified by Lieutenant Governor
Mr.. Fuller is doing everything in
his power for all the sufferers. He has
been instrumental in establishing a bu-
reau of information so that all communi-
ication concerning passengers could be
addressed to Henry +. TINKER, station
agent at White River Junction. Mr..
also endorses the statement.
From all information obtaInable at this
time from connecting road ticket agents
and survivors of the disaster it is be-
now that the number of souls on
board the illfated train, including the
train men, were eighty-one, of these
thirty-two are accounted for as above,
thirty-fve are IN care Of surgeons, one
died to-day and nine left On the same
train with the uniuiured, leaving
only four u%naccounted for. 1t IS under
stood there were some children without
tickets, so the above figures are Slightly
changed. Every article, scrap of paper
or everything is being carefully saved fer
the purposes of Identification and parties
having friends u%naccounted for will be al
forded every means or clue to Identified